Thinking of giving grandma a surprise, I didn't tell her first when I went back this time. She is kind-hearted and she would share most of the things I bought her with the fellow villagers, so I bought more supplies on purpose.
Cut it back.
Ding Yong also returned to my hometown with me. After traveling over mountains and ridges, I finally returned to the Dafeng Ridge where I was born and raised.
Although the country's economy has developed rapidly in recent years, the remote mountains are still very poor. It's not that the villagers are not hardworking, but the mountain road here is really difficult. The ancients often said that "the road leads to wealth", which is very reasonable.
I have had a wish since I was a child, that is to lead the villagers to get rich together. Now I am considered a little rich, and I will lead the people in our village if I have the opportunity.
Before I even stepped into the front door of my hometown, my grandma had already walked out of the kitchen with a stack of stir-fried shredded sauerkraut and carrots in both hands. This is my favorite dish.
She looked at me with a kind face: "Azhen, have you grown so much? You've come back just in time. It's best to eat this dish while it's hot. You've worked hard these past six months."
Looking at the several delicious dishes, three bowls of rice and three pairs of chopsticks placed on the dining table, I made a dull thud in my heart!
Grandma...what does she mean?
She just laughed it off when my figure changed so much?
How did she know I was coming back at this time today?
I didn’t tell anyone about going home, and there were three bowls of rice and three pairs of chopsticks on the table!
Is it prophetic? My grandma is amazing!
Seeing me frozen in place, Ding Yong asked me in a low voice: "What's wrong, Brother Zhen?"
"It's okay...it's okay!"
I gasped involuntarily and looked directly at my very familiar grandma. Yes, this was indeed my own grandma.
I pretended nothing was wrong and said with a smile: "Grandma, I'm back! This is my good friend, Ding Yong!"
I was about to bring Scarface in, but grandma stopped me in a low voice: "Step through the brazier before entering. After you step through the brazier, all bad luck will disappear!"
She hurriedly put down the dishes, lit the brazier that seemed to have been prepared long ago, and muttered something to the flames. After she finished reciting, she motioned for me to step over the brazier before entering the house.
Grandma's behavior made me feel that she had some skills that I couldn't understand!
Seeing his grandma being superstitious, Ding Yong whispered: "Brother Zhen, um...is your grandma a witch?"
I frowned, stepped on his shoes and cursed in a low voice: "Fuck you! My grandma knows the ropes, not a witch!"
"Come on, kid, step over the brazier, wash your hands and then eat." Grandma said with a look of relief, the kind of joy that comes from the bottom of her heart.
After walking past the brazier, I gently held her wrinkled hand and asked, "Grandma, I've been so busy these past six months. It's really unfilial to me that I didn't come back to see you."
Grandma smiled slightly and gently stroked my forehead: "Silly boy, how could you hide the matter of your imprisonment from me?"
Grandma, she really... really knows about me!
Since the night before yesterday, I have felt that grandma has an unknown past, and now I am even more convinced of my suspicion!
Before I could recover from the shock, grandma took Ding Yong's big hand and said with a smile: "It seems that you are A Zhen's noble man. Thank you for taking care of him in the prison."
Holy shit!
I was instantly confused!
Grandma seemed to have expected that I would be confused. She smiled slightly and said, "After washing your hands, eat and chat, otherwise the dish will not taste good when it gets cold."
Ding Yong and I looked at each other and washed our hands obediently.
"Brother Zhen, can your grandma tell fortunes?"
While washing his hands, Ding Yong asked me solemnly: "Her ability to predict the unknown is a way to make a fortune. Have you learned anything from her?"
I was also very shocked by my grandma's ability to predict the future, but I had never thought about using this method to make a fortune, let alone I didn't know how to do it.
I think there is a reason why grandma has never revealed her abilities to me, and I also believe she will tell me the truth.
I whispered to Ding Yong: "Don't talk about these things. I only know now that she is very powerful, and I didn't learn any skills because she didn't teach me at all!"
It doesn’t make sense for me to say that grandma didn’t teach me. After all, if she said it in the story, it would be considered teaching.
Ding Yong raised his eyebrows and lowered his voice and said: "I suggest you learn a few tricks from her, so that you can have a way to deal with her in the future. If you don't learn it, you will ruin her skills."
Although Ding Yong is arrogant, his words do make some sense. If it weren't for the story my grandma told me before, how could I have successfully surrendered the evil old ghost last night?
I nodded: "Let's go eat first. A lot of things have happened to me these days. Please listen carefully when I talk to grandma later. Maybe it will come in handy one day."
"Okay, if you have the ability to learn from me, I will definitely listen attentively, hehe!" Ding Yong smiled honestly, and he and I gathered around the dining table to eat.
Seeing our wandering eyes, grandma asked kindly: "If you have anything to do, just ask. We mountain people all talk while eating."
Her grandma raised me since I was a child, and she knows how many hairs I have on my body. In front of my grandma, I am not an adult, I will always be a child.
So I was honest and blunt and went straight to the point: "Grandma, how did you know that I was coming back today? And when I came back, did you know that I brought my friend Ding Yong with me?"
"How difficult is it to predict this? Why don't we give you a divination and a fortune telling?"
Grandma smiled slightly, her eyes vaguely shining. She looked at Ding Yong and joked: "Ding Yong, can you show grandma your scar?"
Upon hearing her question, Ding Yong suddenly lost his hold on the chopsticks in his hand, staggered and dropped them on the dining table, and looked at me in panic.
He was a little incoherent, and he pressed my thigh with one hand and asked: "Brother Zhen, grandma...does she have X-ray vision? We have deliberately pulled up the collar, just to prevent her from seeing..."
To be honest, I don’t know why grandma knew that Ding Yong had scars on her body. I just feel that grandma’s knowledge is beyond my imagination. I can’t wait to know her mysterious past!
"Since grandma wants to see your scars, then you can show them to her." I said with a wry smile.
Ding Yong nodded and stepped back, quickly taking off his shirt, revealing the scar from the left side of his neck to the right side of his abdomen.
To be honest, every time I see this scar, I feel that it is a great blessing that Ding Yong did not die when he was stabbed!
Grandma slowly stood up, looked around Ding Yong several times with her shrewd old eyes, and muttered: "What a dragon rising to heaven! Not bad, not bad!"
"The dragon ascends to heaven!?"
Ding Yong and I were startled at the same time, and immediately asked: "Grandma, what do you mean by this?"